翻刻
【右丁】
入寂セラル道元懐弉義介義演《割書：云｜ 々》
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光秀説要害
於義景
義景明智ニ国中ノ要害ヲ問シケレハ只今ハ嵩（カサ）ヨリ大筒ヲ
打掛ル故要害ヨリ三十町モ外ノ山ハ不＿レ苦愚案ニハ当国
長泉寺山可＿レ然ト云加州ニテハト問ハシケレハ小松寺ノ辺
大形ノ地ト云上方ニテハト問シケレハ京都近辺ニハ不及見
乍去御縁者ノ摂州大坂本願寺ノ寺内無双ノ境地ト
云ケレハ義景聞テ光秀ハ寺跡ハカリ心ニ入タルト一笑セ
ラル《割書：云｜ 々》
【欄外上部朱書】
海路里程
永禄八年五月上旬明智十兵衛小瘡ヲ病長崎ノ称
念寺 園阿（ヲンア）上人ト同道乄加州山代ノ温泉ニ湯治シケル時
三国ヘ寄 御嶋（ヲシマ）ヘ社参シ其夜ハ祝部（ホウリ）治部大輔カ許ニ
【左丁】
一宿乄 園（ヲン）阿ト連歌両吟ス又光秀カ郎従三宅奥田并￣ニ
称念寺ノ小僧 定（ヂヤウ）阿弥ヲ加ヘテ又百韻充リ《割書：云｜ 々》此時浦
ノ船頭 刀祢（トネ）出テ蝦夷（ヱゾ）ノ干物ノ事ヲ咄ス時湊々ノ事ヲ問
刀祢語ルヤウハ此湊ハ大船四五百艘入テモセバカラズ此外大
丹生吉崎加賀ニハ安宅本吉宮￣ノ腰若狭ハ高浜ノ
八穴（ヤナノ）浦是等ハ船多ク不＿レ出入其日記ニ越前三国ヨリ
寅ノ方ヘ船路三十五里過テ能登ノ福浦（フクラ）ノ湊、ソレヨリ
十八里同国 和嶋（ワジマ）ノ湊、七里同国 珠洲（スヾ）ノ崎塩津ノ湊、四十
五里佐渡ノ小木（ヲギ）ノ湊、廿五里同国 鷲崎（ワシザキ）ノ湊、十八里越
後 新潟（ニイガタ）ノ湊、廿五里出羽ノ青嶋（アヲジマ）ノ湊、卅里同国 止嶋（トヾシマ）ノ
湊、廿里同国坂田ノ湊、卅里同国秋田ノ湊、十八里奥州
現代語訳
【右丁】
（道元は）入寂された。道元・懐弉・義介・義演。云々。
【欄外上部朱書】
光秀、義景に要害について説く
義景が明智（光秀）に国中の要害（防衛上の要地）について尋ねたところ、（光秀は）「今の時代は、高所より大砲（大筒）を打ちかける時代ですので、要害より三十町も外にある山は差し支えありません。私見では、当国（越前）においては長泉寺山がよろしいかと存じます」と申した。「加州（加賀）ではどうか」と問われたところ、「小松寺の辺りが概ねよい地でございます」と答えた。「上方ではどうか」と問われたところ、「京都近辺については十分に見ておりませんが、それはさておき、御縁者の摂州大坂・本願寺の寺内（境内地）は無双の境地でございます」と申したところ、義景は聞いて、「光秀は寺跡ばかりに関心を持っておるのだな」と一笑された。云々。
【欄外上部朱書】
海路里程
永禄八年（1565）五月上旬、明智十兵衛は小瘡（疱瘡・天然痘の軽症か）を患い、長崎の称念寺の園阿上人と同道して加州山代の温泉に湯治した折、三国へ立ち寄り、御嶋（雄島）へ社参した。その夜は祝部（ほうり）治部大輔の許に
【左丁】
一宿して、園阿と連歌の両吟を行った。また、光秀の郎従・三宅・奥田、ならびに称念寺の小僧・定阿弥を加えて、さらに百韻を詠んだ。云々。この時、浦の船頭・刀祢（とね）が出てきて蝦夷（北海道）の干物のことを話した。そこで（光秀が）各湊々のことを問うと、刀祢が語るには、「この湊（三国湊）は大船が四、五百艘入っても狭くはない。この他、大丹生・吉崎・加賀には安宅・本吉・宮の腰、若狭は高浜の八穴（やな）浦、これらは船の出入りが多くない」と。その（刀祢の）日記によれば、越前三国より寅の方角（北北東）へ船路三十五里で能登の福浦（ふくら）の湊。そこより十八里で同国（能登）の輪島（わじま）の湊。七里で同国・珠洲（すず）の崎・塩津の湊。四十五里で佐渡の小木（おぎ）の湊。二十五里で同国・鷲崎（わしざき）の湊。十八里で越後・新潟の湊。二十五里で出羽の青島（あおじま）の湊。三十里で同国・止島（とどしま）の湊。二十里で同国・坂田の湊。三十里で同国・秋田の湊。十八里で奥州（以下続く）
英語訳
[Right folio]
[Dōgen] passed away [entered nirvana]. Dōgen, Ejō, Gikai, Gien. And so forth.
[Marginal note in red ink, upper portion]
Mitsuhide explains strategic strongholds to Yoshikage
When Yoshikage asked Akechi [Mitsuhide] about the strategic strongholds [yōgai] throughout the province, [Mitsuhide] replied: "In the present age, since large cannon [ōzutsu] are fired down from high ground, mountains located more than thirty chō outside of a stronghold pose no difficulty. In my humble opinion, within this province [Echizen], Chōsenji-yama would be the most suitable." When [Yoshikage] then asked, "What about Kaga Province?", [Mitsuhide] replied, "The area around Komatsudera is generally speaking favorable terrain." When [Yoshikage] further asked, "What about the Kyoto region?", [Mitsuhide] replied: "I have not had sufficient opportunity to observe the environs of Kyoto; that said, the temple precincts [jidai/jinai] of the Honganji in Osaka, Settsu Province—[the domain] of your honored kinsmen—are an incomparable site." Upon hearing this, Yoshikage laughed and said: "Mitsuhide seems to have an eye only for temple grounds." And so forth.
[Marginal note in red ink, upper portion]
Sea Routes and Distances
In early the fifth month of Eiroku 8 [1565], Akechi Jihei fell ill with small sores [kogasa, possibly a mild form of smallpox], and traveling together with the Reverend On'a of Shōnenji temple in Nagasaki, went to take the waters at the hot springs of Yamashiro in Kaga Province. On the way, they stopped at Mikuni, made a shrine visit to Oshima island, and that night lodged at the home of Hōri Jibu-no-taifu.
[Left folio]
There, [Mitsuhide] and On'a composed renga [linked verse] together in a two-person session [ryōgin]. Furthermore, adding Mitsuhide's retainers Miyake and Okuda, along with the young monk Jōami of Shōnenji, they composed another round of one hundred verses [hyakuin]. And so forth. At this time, a boat captain [sendō] named Tone from the bay came out and spoke of dried foods from Ezo [Hokkaido]. [Mitsuhide] then inquired about the various harbors, and Tone related the following: "This harbor [Mikuni] can accommodate four or five hundred large vessels without becoming crowded. Beyond this, [there are harbors at] Ōnyū, Yoshizaki; in Kaga, Ataka, Motoyoshi, and Miya-no-koshi; in Wakasa, the bay of Yanana [Yana-no-ura] at Takahama—these do not see heavy ship traffic." According to his [Tone's] journal: from Mikuni in Echizen, heading in the direction of the Tiger [north-northeast], thirty-five ri by sea to the harbor of Fukura in Noto; from there, eighteen ri to the harbor of Wajima in the same province; seven ri to the harbor of Shiotsu at Cape Suzu in the same province; forty-five ri to the harbor of Ogi in Sado; twenty-five ri to the harbor of Washizaki in the same province; eighteen ri to the harbor of Niigata in Echigo; twenty-five ri to the harbor of Aoshima in Dewa; thirty ri to the harbor of Todoshima in the same province; twenty ri to the harbor of Sakata in the same province; thirty ri to the harbor of Akita in the same province; eighteen ri to Ōshū [Mutsu Province]— [continued]